Posts Tagged by sleepless nights

Cry It Out and Sleep Training


I am a member of the ‘cry-it-out’ generation. When my daughter, Ameli, was just a few days old, my mother suggested we leave her to cry for twenty minutes and she would sleep better. If she was still crying after twenty minutes, we could go in comfort her, and then start again. I sat in… more

Dear Ameli- Letter to a five month old


Dear Ameli                                                                                                                                 4 March 2010 I can’t believe how quickly this month has flown by, nor can I believe that five months ago this minute, I was opening my eyes from my first decent sleep in days. You have grown in leaps and bounds this month. You seem in such a hurry. It has been… more

Teething Trauma


A few weeks, or months ago, I wrote that Ameli was starting to teethe.  At the time I, stupidly, naively, thought people were right to groan when it came to teething. It really is a miserable time. Look at Ameli. She wasn‘t eating well or sleeping well.  Phew. Was that a false reality. On a… more

A Bad Day’s Mothering


I know everyone has them. Those days where you just feel like nothing youre doing is right. When you suspect, in the back of your frazzled mind, that you might be ruining your poor, sweet, crying child, for ever. more

Teething Time?


We’ve had what is officially the worst night of Ameli’s life. In fact, we’re still in the middle of it. more


We’ve had what is officially the worst night of Ameli’s life. In fact, we’re still in the middle of it.

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